Improvement in fire-place heaters



shm'rlss zm. FIRE-PLACE HEATER.

Patented. Apri125,1876.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL nussnn, OF BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLV NIA;

I'IMPROVEMEN'T' l N F lRE-PLACE HEATERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 176,670, dated April :25, 1876 ;.v a lication filed January 25, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SAMUEL M-UssEm-of Beaver Falls, in the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Fire-Place Heater; and I'd'o hereby declare that the following is a full,

.cle'ar,and exact description of the same,

have a hot-air chamber in the rear, which is employed in connection with a line and registers for heating the upper rooms of a building. The invention consists in the particular construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawing, A represents the back, B the side, and O the top plate forming the airchamber in the rear of the grate. D is the front plate, having an arched opening, E, the grate fastened therein by suitable means; and F, the fire-back or plate forming the rear of Said fire-back is made of a halfoval shape, and is providedlat the top and bottom with flanges a, through whichpass screws 1), that serve to attach the back F to the front and bottom of the outer containingcase. Connected. with the fire-back F near the front is arranged a pipe, G, leading from the fire-chamber through the air-chamber to .the chimney or pipe counection. The back plate A has, near its bottom, one or more holes, to admit of the access of fresh air to the heating-chamber, and the top plate 0 is pro vided with one or more similar holes for the escape of the heated air. These holes are designed to connect" with hot-air fines, with registersleading to such of the'upper rooms as require to be heated. This arrangement of the air-chamber in the rear of the grate, it will be seen, effects a great economy of fuel, for while all the benefits of the fire-place are available below for heating the room, the

same fire is made to heat the upper stories.

In constructing the fire-place as thus described, I do not confine myself to any particular material, and may use either metallic plates, burnt clay, or a combination of metal. with burn-t clay or bricks, as may be desirable. upon all sides, I may employ the fire-place as a stove, and place it in the room away from the chimney.

One of the sides Bismade to slide, so as to.

'give access to the interior of the air-chamber, andwhen used as a stove, away. from the chimney, the slide may be opened or closed as desired, and the air chamber employed for holding dishes of food to keep the same warm,

and still not be exposed to view.

H is a supplemental grate, which is adapted to and intended to be placed above the stationary grate whenever desired. It is held in this position by hooks, lugs, or any other suitable means, and serves the purpose of increasing the holding capacity of the grate for very cold weather, but more particularly for night service, the supplemental grate preventing the coals from rolling out upon the floor when a fresh supply is fed to the fire for the purpose. of keeping up the same-allnight.

I am aware of the fact thatit is not new to employ a hot-air chamber in the rear of the firepot, and therefore only claim the particular construction shown and. described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is I Y The rectangular outer case, consisting 'of plates A, O, and D, in combination with the oval fire-back plate F, having flanges a fastened to the front and bottom plate by screws SAMUEL MUssER.

" Witnesses RoBrA. URAIGHEAD, J. L. HARBISODL When made of metal and finished 

